regarding that kind of price range/shelf level i have a friend who swears by old crow. bottle looks like a wild turkey knock-off but i haven't tried it
― mark cl, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Old Crow is pretty godawful, if memory serves correctly, but my friend and I only really tried it a long time ago.
― mh, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link
yea it looks terrible
― mark cl, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
old crow is fine liberally mixed with something else.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
god i wish bulleit was broadly available in england
― thomp, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:36 (fourteen years ago) link
mix with lemonade if you want to feel like a middling poet whose second marriage is failing in the early 1960s.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
also i wish i could afford to buy this on the regular
http://www.whiskybook.net/images_whisky/Laphroaig_10_Year_Old_Cask_Strength.jpg
― thomp, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:38 (fourteen years ago) link
^^
― mark cl, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
i just need to suck it up and buy a bottle
― thomp, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:36 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
it is! thresher's/wine rack stock it.
― joe, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
xp tho i'm waiting for the weather to cool down a bit. sippin bourbon is fine during the summer but for a real peaty scotch i think i want it to be a little colder outside
― mark cl, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
oh fuck guys i came here to post one thing but i gotta say--just buy laphroaig it is the best thing ever.
i was planning on posting that i was at a place on friday and got some old overholt old fashioneds--i watched their technique and tonight am ripping it off to quite good effect.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 24 August 2009 01:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice. Woodford on the rocks for me, with a little....Pasadena local-grown.
Set up the office much better, so I can work more from home and less from the office. Gonna be a good thing.
BTW - I've known this for over a decade, but whiskey is wonderful. I really need to keep the good run of times with whiskey I've had lately. Gotta respeckt this stuff. Got some punch. 1-2 drinks each, tops. Any more, and the next day is just painful.
― Adventures of Dog Boy and Frank Sobotka (B.L.A.M.), Monday, 24 August 2009 05:26 (fourteen years ago) link
ack draank a bottle of johnnie walker red over the weekend :(
― wilter, Monday, 24 August 2009 05:27 (fourteen years ago) link
only have a teeny bit of my talisker 18 yr left too :(
― wilter, Monday, 24 August 2009 05:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Can I informally poll you distilled people?
Is there as much a divide, as I see, between Scotch and bourbon drinkers? I mean, I'm never gonna turn down a glass someone offers me, but I GREATLY prefer bourbon to Scotch. I don't even keep Scotch in the house, despite my acknowledgement of it being a great liquor of the world.
Thoughts?
― Adventures of Dog Boy and Frank Sobotka (B.L.A.M.), Monday, 24 August 2009 05:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I hav <3 4 both
― wilter, Monday, 24 August 2009 05:32 (fourteen years ago) link
but def prefer a good scotchie
― wilter, Monday, 24 August 2009 05:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I used to prefer scotch, now prefer bourbon.
― Britain's Favourite Carp (I DIED), Monday, 24 August 2009 05:34 (fourteen years ago) link
scotch has never really done anything for me, even laphroaisdgkj
bourbon til i die(prematurely of cirrhosis)
― tehresa, Monday, 24 August 2009 05:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm not big on bourbon, would chose scotch over it just about always (but i don't like laphroaig)
― velko, Monday, 24 August 2009 06:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Virginia Lightning is awesome stuff.
― Reatards Unite, Monday, 24 August 2009 06:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Legal moonshine, actually.
― Reatards Unite, Monday, 24 August 2009 06:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Laphroaig is way too peaty for me, but I'm not really a fan of the Islay scotches.
― mh, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
it's all a mood thing--i always have a bottle of each in the home bar at all times. bourbon is much better if yr out with friends (though dewar's and ginger is a good go to mixed drink at bars), and lately i've been wrapping up nicer dinners with some scotch since i have no use for coffee at that time of day. i expect as someone was alluding to upthread i'll go w/more scotch as it gets cooler out.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm a week late but bulleit is fucking awesome.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
came into whiskey intrigued by both. gradually i've realized that i definitely prefer bourbon. tennessee whiskey too. can't nail it down exactly but i've tried some scotches that do nothing for me, but in just about every bourbon i've tried i've found something i liked (tho tbh i haven't tried the low low end shelf bourbons). i'll prob regret saying this once 'my palette is more refined' but i'll defintely take an average-to-modestly-good bourbon or tennesee - your g. dickel or maker's - to, say, a glenlivet or something like that
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 01:59 (fourteen years ago) link
tho i guess glenlivet is pretty middle of the road wrt moderately priced scotches? i don't know.
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
also anyone try michter's whiskeys? they've got a rye whiskey, a bourbon, and an unblended american whiskey. want to buy b/c they look good and aren't horribly expensive (mid-$30s)
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
From what I remember about michter's it's a bit brighter than a maker's or something, but I could be totally wrong cause I haven't had it in 2 or so years.
I am on my way to buy whiskey right now, actually... What will I get?
― tehresa, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
get g. dickel if you're looking for something not too expensive. i will rep for this whiskey non-stop
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
glenlivet is on the low end of single malts, price-wisenot a great scotch, but serviceable
― velko, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link
a friend recently traded a piece of his art to his liquor store distributor boss for a $750 bottle of Ardbeg that was as old as me. i'm 36. my friend shared and it was a landmark experience for me for real. that stuff got me high. oh man. imagine laphroaig but more deep than bright and complex beyond, well, what i'd imagined it could be at least. very round and simple finish though and left the tongue numb. oh man i want some more. sigh. mh, you wouldn't like this one though. if Laph is too peaty-islay, this one would turn you off.
oh, and this friend did have a bottle of the regular 10 or 12-yr ardbeg and it was good. but more $$ than laphroiag, the quality of which makes it kind of a bargain in comparison
― andrew m., Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
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― cutty probably already everyone (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't even imagine what that tastes like xp
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i got bulleit. and some sazerac rye. and regular and orange bitters.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
i love scotch and whiskey with equal ventricles of my <3
― A DOG, A BARREL... RIDICULOUS! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:39 (fourteen years ago) link
john, that is fucking poetic.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 03:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i enjoy sazerac.
― ian, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 05:22 (fourteen years ago) link
sazerac is one of my favs, just wish it was cheaper over her in the uk
― just sayin, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i've yet to see sazerac in shops
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 12:17 (fourteen years ago) link
blanchard's in allston!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
on the question you raise:
the only really nice scotch i've spent enough time with to really say anything about is laphroaig, which i love for v. specific reasons and want to drink once every couple months. i have had some of the more common single malts and they're nothing special. i do like dewar's and stuff as a cheapish sipping drink or highball drink--it's pretty smooth and tasty.
i do agree that bourbon/tennessee is prob a bit more agreeable to my palette overall. but i've also been enjoying canadian club recently so maybe i don't know what i'm talking about.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
― joe, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:40 (1 month ago) Bookmark
My local Threshers closed down yesterday and I went in and bought a bottle of bulleit for 20% off. And then, as I was talking to the woman she was all "ah, fuck this company" and threw in another bottle for free!
May have been a shitty week but sometimes I love life.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:37 (fourteen years ago) link
bulleit is really good imo
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
lots of cedar
there are few things better than free alcohol.
last night i finished off my Macallan 10yr (fine oak), which i've enjoyed very much. now looking for something similar, sweet not peaty, not really wanting to pay more than 35-40€. any tips?
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm trying to figure out my next bourbon purchase, suggestions?
prob don't want to spend more than $40, would maybe go up to like $45. want it to be really interesting - i have a really close friend/whiskey buddy who's been going through some rough financial times who's visiting in a few weeks and i want to have something really good on hand for him to try. dude needs some cheering up. what do you say?
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't really know single-malts all that well but do you like highland park? is that comparable at all to macallan 10
― mark cl, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
have never tried highland park. i think it might be a bit more on the heavier, smokier side than what i'm looking for? seem to have some good stuff in my price range tho
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link